Secondary or storage battery.



B. FORD.

SECONDARY 0R STORAGE BATTERY.

APPucAUoN FILED FEH.3.1915.

l .f Patented Sapt, 4, 191?.

and hook-like laetenngs 3 plaies 2,

.To all wim/m may ooewem:

Re it known l, BRUCE zeil of the United Stilles, und philoelpllias in 'labo ooonby of Philadelphia enel of lleimsylvanizi, have invented. oei min new and useful lmprovemeous iii Secondary or Stoifalg'e Batofies, of 'which lie lello ig is speoilieotiou.

The pioopel object of the present in yeoifioo is, limit, 'lgo provide impro-Veel seooi'ulmy oir' Storage beieiy for submfune portable, vehicle emol like Heee, seeoilcl,P to "provide foi lm'eolly support the boi",- tom polte of platee in i'espeot to bel' ooi-1u min-ei Wiboui; ino'easng lie hazard oli" sho'oeiireuibing by sedimezolz.

The 7emilion willbe elaimeel al; the end hereofS but will be liest described in con iieeion with lle .embodimen of ilu chosen for illusrotioo in il e ooeoii'ipzuiying clmwiilgs, in which y Folio, a citio Iesldenl, of

Y. Yly in Seel-lion.

2, is o lzfamsvese secion mlen on tbe line 2 of l.

Fig. 3, is :i perepocbye oleoil Fig. el, mel lio 57 ore detail views. v lin lle flsoyvin s l a eonziiiiei' wholly o11 pzutly of iisulotil'ig materiel. 2 me plaies o' polorfoy suspended in. if/lie oonminei, example, by means of lodges ai, one top edge :md rods 4l ot the other top edge. These of one poloiyy, me provided ai: their bottoms with wide portions 5 abutting upon tbe container Wells o. The plobes 7, of the opposite polarity, are suspended in the manner clesoibecl and. 212.5 'their bottoms are noi'ioweif 'than the wide postione 5 of the plaes These plates 7 oie piwiwided below the Wide portions with clowimw'zrlly' piojeeilog feet S but'ting upon the eoil'foninor Woll 6.! are sepu'n'ors, pi'eifembly Wider than The narrow plates, thus projecting' beyozli lie elffes of the pliLeS, and they-gare interposed betweei'l'tlie plates and. may be Supporofl by *foals l@ passing tlu'ouo'b the feet 8. i

lie ee and the wide portions 5 evicleiiiily seady the plates and proven?, them rom Sliiftiiw' laterally in respoo lo lille oon View, :md

'1'72 laine?, lb e level ffo which sediment ma f else in "alle space Ill nl; 1he .bosom of die oononel is lmlecl only by the Clisi/alice be- Y like polmilty by reason ol? like lo [gore l, mi elevational View, pllno il'eLl in Te eial No. 5,828.

bottom edge of the plates, because even il? the sedimonol'iles; so Le to iefioh the feel. 8

no bridging tha would i'efiult in Shelli-clic uniting' occurs because the eelill are all of the seme polarity lbe widened are even with or above lle level of lslie bot tom edges o1 the plates eo dmtftlloy @moet be bridged in connection withv lie .L until. the level of' elle sediment rises above be bottom oi" "bhe plofaeo.` lur'tl ei'moio zhere no place for sediment to lodge where il, een bridge oeioss l'leweeu plaines oil on eooeliootioo which has been deeelibel. may be eoicl ihm; he plabes oie labeially bemf'ecl in speci lo the eonloioel, While .e emile 'time *elle secliineiio space nel; ed noi' ie there danger of l o eed bio-;- Ving between platos oil" lilitepol y lli folie container is not of izleolzllzingg materiel. ib may be lined with robber oil. the like, `llos; plaies of one polarity oi :ill She 'ola moy be equipped with ineuleioglj soifldleo l@ amil 13., i

The top belowr "lille bolli-om o hence if i al, the edges of 'one platee the top S'Lofooes of lle spi'eodiiig sidew' e annee o would on 'the 'o] :incl flloploim or adjaoenv'; feet, but

portions; 5 A

olf ille some polarity :oo hmm Woulcl l dono.

l; will be obvious ihfl't moclofirbons iilaly be made iii clemile witlioul; 'departing iom 'the spi; Al; of the iovenbion, mh is loot lim# 'garcl to such mai/lele. llllmt l claim is:

l. a storage bolleryll'm plates el opposite polarity, feet projectiiilg laterally ixom lie ploes: of one polarity beyoiid the'efle edges thereof and, below the lower ol. Li-lle platee of opposite 'polsi'- ity, and, sopomloie lm'iigg theli lower edges exieilcliilg below the lower edges of the las@ mentioned plates, substantially as described.

.lo a storage bilzlzezfy the combiiio'lioi'i of abominable?? plates ol.l opposite polo penclefl therein und provided :Heey @lively Wilh lateral downward projections ma ranged mf'cl"*lfe'rei1e levels; :mil oiilopecl to @but u; lowmmlo y oombnolgion olf fue i of the eontainer below the bottoms of time plates of 'opposite polarity, 'substantially as mentioned plates,

' to support the separators.

and rods through the eet described.

3. In e, storage battery the combination of In testimony whereof l have hereunto 5 plates of opposite polarity, Ifeet projecting signed my name.

' BRUCE FORD.

laterally from the plates of one polarlty be Vond the side edges thereof 'and below the Witnesses:

lower edgesof the'plii-tes o opposite polar- V. F. MARTIN,

edges ex- LEs'rER 0. BURTON.

ity, separators having their lower tending below the. lower edges of the last 10V 

